Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan pledges to free abducted schoolgirls and 'end terrorism' in the country

Speaking at the World Economic Forum being hosted in the Nigerian capital
Abuja, President Goodluck Jonathan thanks countries who have said they will
assist in the rescue of more than 200 abducted schoolgirls and pledges that
they will be saved

11:50AM BST 08 May 2014

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan pledged on Thursday to find more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist rebels, saying their rescue would mark "the beginning of the end of terrorism" in the country.

Speaking at the World Economic Forum (WEF) being hosted in the capital Abuja, President Jonathan also thanked foreign nations including the US, Britain, France and China for their support in trying to rescue the girls, who were kidnapped from a secondary school on April 14.

He also thanked the delegates for coming despite the terrorist threat facing Nigeria, saying that it would show that the terrorists hadn't won.